The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-02-10
Answers.

Enoch, the son Of Cain, as the Enoch who |
walked with God. We did SO from men,
ory. In this we were mistaken, as further
reference to the genealogy, invited by the |
notes below, establishes. The names in |
each line from Cain and Seth are the !
same, in some instances. and this caused |
the confusion Of them in the reference we
ymous" that there must have been IAN |
hundred years or more" intervening be- |
tween the birth of Able and that Of Seth,
is not borne out by the history. Adam |
was only $50 years old when Seth was horn,
and generally where mention is made of |
the age of the father at the birth of the
first child, it is placed at 100 years and |
more Bat we do not mean TO enter into |
a dispul alton on the subject. The object |
we had in view in the Queries" published |
ducing a number of people to read the
Bible, who have not been in the habit of |
doing so in the past.
Pulaski Seminary
Dear SIR Didn't Homer Nod"? The |
Enoch who walked with Cod was not |
Gains son. See Gen. 5 Is.
The decendentS of Cain were not godly |
but the reverse. The names OF the Cain
line and the Seth line are similar, but their |
characters very unlike. 1t is small mat
ter, but not trivial. Yours &C.,
D. L. W.
Mt. Nebo, Va. Feb. LIST, 81
EDITOR VALLEY VIRGINIAN.-Dear
Sir: In the Jan. 9th, number of your
paper, we notice an article, headed ''Some
Queries A body of Rev. Gentlemen hav-
| ing met in conference, are in a quandary
on the subject of women, and are puzzled
to know the origin of Gains wife. AS
period of one hundred years or more must
have interviewed, between the birth of
Able and Seth. we will flor their benefit)
suppose there were other children born to
the original pair during that period, and
probably some Of them were daughters.
consequently Cain must have married his
sister. If Abraham 1.-THE friend Of God"
married his half sister, there could have
been no impropriety. circumstances con-
sidered) in the marriage of Cain with his
sister. Lamech inherited the spirit of his
ancestor, Cain. Gen. 4th c., 23rd v. BY
reading Gen. 5th. we can learn something
as to where Lamech may have gotten his
wives; as he lived in the 18th generation.
Enoch the son of Jared fl ON the lineage of
Seth, was the man who walked with
God;n and not the son of Cain, as stated
in the article. Much might be said on the
pre- Adamic race; but we will leave that
for future investigation, and conclude by
saying: such admissions, from sucn per-
sonages, are calculated to impede the pro-
gress of the Gospel license the scoffer.
embolden the infidel and show the imbe-
cility of ministers and their inability to
grapple with errors. depending on their
own learning; instead of the inspiration of
the Holy Spirit.
Let them read and heed the injunction
given in James 1st C. 5v.
Yours truly
ANONYMOUS.
After the birth of Seth, when Adam, it
is stated was 1870 years Old he lived to be
over 800 years of age, and sons and daugh-
ters were born unto him. There is no re-
cord of daughters being born to Adam
previous to the birth of Seth, and as Enoch,
the son of CAIN was born before the birth
of Seth, it is largely presumption to sur
mise that CAIN married one of his sisters.
| --e- s,---
The tariff agitation has ended for this
session and all the ado Of the Democratic
reformers has closed in smoke. The WASH
ington Star of the Tth, says The Randall
men have been building "statue of iron
and BRASS" and it has fallen to pieces
The Speaker refused to recognize any one
| to-day TO call Up, under a suspension of
the rules. bill to repeal the tobacco tax,
and, as there is no other way to get the
matter before the House this ends it.
Though the Speaker in his letter to Mr..
Randall, said chat the tariff reformers
were ready to go into committee of the
whole to consider the Randall bill, the pro-
tectionist Democrats have decided that
there is nothing to come Of it, so they
will not attempt ACTION. In their reply to
the Speaker, which is being prepared, they
say they will abandon the matter for this
session, since no agreement can be reached.
The Southern Telegraph Company, which
was sold under foreclosure proceedings at
| Richmond, Va, on Tuesday, was bought
in the interest of the Western Union Tel
graph Company, which has owned major
ity Of the bonds for nearly year. The
price at which the property sold was $780,
600, bat the price would have been carried
considerably higher, it is. said, if the
United Lines Company. whose last bid
was $3.50, 600, had continued the contest.
The acquisition of the actual control does
not affect the relations Of the companies,
because contract was made between
them even before the Western Union Com
pany. which was known TO be the actr !
owner of the property. The sale III 81
gives the company legal ownership.
Senator-ele,t Quay, Of Pennsylvania,
states that he will not resign the State
treasurership until December /, unless
there should be an extra session OF Con-
gress, His pay as United States Senator
begins on the 4th of March next.
San gersvilie Items.
reported for the VIRGINIAN.l
Since the snow and ice have disappeart
and under the influence of continued ge-
NAL weather, the wheat crop is presenting
a very fatterin appearance, especially the
early sown.
There was quite large crop of clover
seed made in this neighborhood last fall.
1t is now beginning to move. We have
heard of sales being made at SIS per bush